UIDAI - GS questions based on daily current affairs

ANSWER: Ministry of communication and information technology

Explanation:

• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a central government agency of India. It is under the ministry of communication and information technology India.
• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was set up by the Government of India on 28 January 2009 as an attached office of the erstwhile Planning Commission of India vide it’s a gazette notification.
• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar cards, has been shifted to the administrative control of the ministry of communication and information technology from Niti Aayog.
• The decision to shift UIDAI from Niti Aayog, which has replaced Planning Commission, has been taken keeping in mind the government's ambitious 'Digital India' programme as the Aadhaar numbers are being linked with several services.